Dave Howells (he/him)

Consultant Psychiatrist / Founder, Cannabis Clinic Cardiff @CannaClinicCF (Tweets reflect views and/or interests)

[🇬🇧 MedBud® @MedBudUK]

📰 Article by @BBCNews this morning, citing both @CannaClinicCF and @MamedicaUK.

"Concerns about being stopped [by police] or what they should tell an employer are some of the largest concerns of patients coming to our clinic." – Dr. David Howells

https://t.co/z9JSvKEkP3

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

He takes medical cannabis everyday - but worries people think he's a lazy stoner https://t.co/vvL90thzCZ

[Dave Howells (he/him) @DrDaveHowells]

https://t.co/m0JJdkBfxg

[🇬🇧 MedBud® @MedBudUK]

@CannaClinicCF Launched, as far as we're aware the portal will shortly be rolling out to all CCC patients - with access details sent via email.

[🇬🇧 MedBud® @MedBudUK]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @CannaClinicCF are poised to launch their patient portal 🙌

Cannabis Clinic Cardiff are renowned for being the only clinic (that we're aware of) which follows every pharmacy formulary - and let's patients choose per medication which pharmacy their script is sent to 🏆

[Integro Medical Clinics @ClinicsIntegro]

@bignarstie 🌱 Cardiff, 7th Nov: Hosted by Cannabis Clinic Cardiff, speakers include Leading psychiatrist and MC prescriber Dr. Dave Howells, current patients, as well as special guest Js MediVape Lounge sharing knowledge on equipment and real life demonstrations.

[Dr Cyrus Abbasian @abbasian]

Great way to kick off #CTCann2023 conference… @Mikebarnes29
Medical #cannabis is safe and effective. ~25K patients prescribed in UK, almost all private. It’s an expensive and underused treatment (1-2% population could benefit). Need UK industry developmen

[Bioevents - Sharing Biomed Knowledge @BiomedSharing]

#CTCann2023

[The Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society @ukmccs]

Join the Society & Sativa Learning on 1 November, as they host a special webinar for #MCAW2021. The expert panel launch a new programme for #clinicians & dive into access to #medicalcannabis education, experiences & treatment from a doctors point of view: https://t.co/SqKXjt6aUu

[Robert Howard @ProfRobHoward]

Led by Sube Banerjee, we show mirtazapine no better than placebo in treatment of agitation in AD. Concerns about antipsychotics have led to increased use of sedating antidepressants and even benzos here. Best to use low dose risperidone if drug indicated.

https://t.co/4qQ4geMXyL

[Robert Howard @ProfRobHoward]

Any Psychiatry trainee interested in developing a PhD fellowship with @kathy_y_liu and myself to investigate why older people with schizophrenia might have such high rates of dementia diagnoses please drop me a DM.

[Siobhan Gee @SiobhanGee]

IV ketamine for rapid treatment of life-threatening depression in physically unwell patients - in this case report we describe the unique place ketamine may hold for people unable to access oral antidepressants or other non-pharmacological options.

https://t.co/6aXEvLjRSD

[Simon McCormick @DrSimonMc]

It’s amazing. I wrote this form, photographed it and shared it just over four years ago.

It still seems to strike a chord with people and appears sporadically on my timeline.

If I’d known it would last this long I would have tried to make it more legible by typing the details.

[Andrew Sommerlad @atsommerlad]

Great working with colleagues @NIHRMaudsleyBRC @CI_NHS and @OxfordHealthNHS on this study bringing together three patient cohorts to test whether the evidence for benefit from trazodone in mice dementia models transferred to the real world. It didn't.
https://t.co/7re0MFam1O

[Robert Howard @ProfRobHoward]

Small to medium effects of methylphenidate for apathy in AD. Good to see a positive symptomatic treatment trial but I wonder just how important the improvements are to patients and their families.

[Dr Tony Goldstone @goldstone_tony]

Dear @PensionsBTS

Thank you for your latest parlimentary briefiing on pension tax rules impact on NHS consultants and GPs

https://t.co/1JHZYcFNRh

Thank you for recognising all the important work @BMA_Pensions have done in this sphere.

However I think you have made a very...

[Graham Campbell @GCampbellPsych]

Cautionary tales, a call for equipoise and the case for externally regulated #psychedelic clinical trials.

Lest we succumb to quackery?

An excellent article by @drjrucker of the Centre for Affective Disorders (CfAD) at @KingsCollegeLon

https://t.co/mu4gJE3II1

[David Juurlink @DavidJuurlink]

Concerned about the safety of mRNA vaccines? This study of 6.2 million people who got 11.8 million doses is immensely reassuring. https://t.co/nUIqTacl0g

[Helen Reeves-Graham @HellieHellie78]

@DrDaveHowells please can you help? Currently we have NO specialist for children with tourettes syndrome in Wales & only 1 for adults. Tourettes isn't just swearing. It can be painful & debilitating. Please please sign & rt
https://t.co/QCO30FshbF